Meet SYLPH, our new Suri base!
If Undine, named for the water nymphs, is our summer yarn here at Ritual Dyes, Sylph is it’s wintery sister. A sylph is a spirit of the air -- one that takes many forms, like drifting clouds or streams of light. We -- along with our test knitters and sample knitters and designers -- have been working on and perfecting Sylph for what feels like ages. It has been so hard not to sing its praises all year!
Fluffy and a little gauge flexible, Sylph is a Suri Alpaca & Merino blend, hand dyed by us here in the Ritual Dyes studio. It loves colorwork and garments that you will wear close to your skin. The beauty of Sylph is in how lightweight and soft it feels, like wearing a halo of golden hour light. This base is custom milled -- a Ritual Dyes exclusive! -- and feels so so dreamy.
- Worsted
- 74% Suri Alpaca / 22% Merino Wool / 4% Nylon
- 100 gr / 284 yds / 260 m
- Spun in Peru
- Dyed in Portland, OR
Yarn Characteristics
- Soft and airy
- Versatile gauge range
- Drapey yet structured
- Non-superwash
Would you like this yarn wound into a cake? You can add that here.
Care Instructions
Hand wash in cold water. Lay flat to dry.
Colors have depth and vibrance, dyed with professional acid dyes that won't typically bleed or fade. For darker colors, we always recommend blocking a swatch and sometimes using a color catcher in the blocking process.
We always recommend swatching for any project. Each dye lot is unique. Please purchase enough yarn to complete your project. Alternating skeins is the best way to prevent possible pooling, flashing or a sudden shift of color. It's easy! Just work 1-2 row stripes from two balls of yarn (carrying the yarn up the side).
We try hard to capture the essence of each colorway, but please keep in mind that colors may vary from monitor to monitor.